7 Amendments of António Fernando CORREIA DE CAMPOS related to 2011/2084(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Internet gambling marketsector is growing constantly, outside the control of the Member States whose nationals can access the offerings in question,
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Respects the decision by a number of Member States to ban Internet gambling totally; is opposed to government monopolies over on-line gambling, however or partially or to keep a monopoly on that sector – which, under Court of Justice case law, they are entitled to do – in order to contain the gambling phenomenon, protect young people and compulsive gamblers, and combat fraud and tax evasion;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Insists, however, that Member States which open up the Internet gambling market must ensure complete transparency and make non-discriminatory competition possible; suggests, in this instance, to the Member States that they introduce a licensing model which makes it possible for anyRespects the right of any Member State, as provided for in Court of Justice case law, to restrict the number of operators and the types and scale of offerings, with the proviso, however, that Member States must ensure complete transparency and make non-discriminatory competition possible among European gambling providers meeting the conditions imposed by Member States to apply for a licence;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is of the opinion that the principle of mutual recognition of licences on the gambling market does not apply, but that nevertheless, in keeping with the internal market, simplified licence application procedures should be set up in some Member States;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls – in keeping with the principle of ‘active subsidiarity’ principle – for a common regulatory framework laying down binding high-level minimum standards with regard to preventing gambling addiction and betting fraud and to protecting young people; states that, where a provider complies with those minimum standards, the other Member States should recognise this accordingly, but may set further conditionwithout prejudice to national laws that rule out the award of licences; is of the opinion that a pan- European code of conduct for Internet gambling could be a first step;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission, should no other agreement be reached, to propose a directive without infringing the subsidiarity principle, to promote an expansion minimum standards; states that, if necessary, thought should be given to stepped-up cooperation between Member States cooperation among Member States’ regulatory bodies in areas related to on-line gambling;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Points to the need for pragmatic solutions with regard to advertising for, and sponsoring of, sports events by Internet gambling providers; is of the opinion that common advertising standards should be adopted which sufficiently protect vulnerable consumers, but at the same time make sponsorship of international events possible, and that advertising bans are in any case ineffectiveto respect the power of Member States to regulate gambling services and permitted forms of promotion or advertising;